Atsushi Horigome

About

Atsushi Horigome is a leading roboticist whose work centers on developing advanced robotic systems for extreme environments, particularly focusing on locomotion and manipulation. His major contributions lie in two key areas: sprawling-type quadruped robots and long-reach, tendon-driven manipulators. Horigome’s most influential work, "TITAN-XIII: sprawling-type quadruped robot with ability of fast and energy-efficient walking" (2016, 97 citations), introduced a novel design that leverages a sprawling posture for exceptional stability and high-speed, energy-efficient locomotion, demonstrating the practical advantages of this morphology over traditional designs. He has also pioneered the development of coupled tendon-driven 3D multi-joint manipulators (2014, 41 citations), creating snake-like robotic arms capable of reaching over 14 meters for critical tasks like nuclear reactor decommissioning. His subsequent work on the "3D CT-Arm" (2017) further refined tension transfer and positioning accuracy. Horigome’s research is directly applied in his development of the HELIOS X mobile manipulator (2016), a robot designed for nuclear plant disaster response, showcasing his commitment to creating robots that can operate where humans cannot.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   TITAN-XIII: sprawling-type quadruped robot with ability of fast and energy-efficient walking

   97 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Development of a coupled tendon-driven 3D multi-joint manipulator

   41 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Development of a coupled tendon-driven 3D multi-joint manipulator (Investigation of tension transfer efficiency, optimal reel arrangement and tip positioning accuracy)

   5 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Development of a mobile manipulator for nuclear plant disaster, HELIOS X (Mechanical design and basic experiments)

   2 citations · 2016

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